shane kowalski
@dieddisappointed.bsky.social
like a pizza in the rain
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seen a buncha people posting @dieddisappointed.bsky.social's book and wanted to join. only a few stories in, but it is (expectedly) great.
here's probably my fave paragraph so far:
here's probably my fave paragraph so far:
November 11, 2025 at 5:41 PM
seen a buncha people posting @dieddisappointed.bsky.social's book and wanted to join. only a few stories in, but it is (expectedly) great.
here's probably my fave paragraph so far:
here's probably my fave paragraph so far:
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we have a story by Shane Kowalski @dieddisappointed.bsky.social !
in the story Murphy – a professional in the city whose life makes him feel so confused that at times he wonders if he’s had a stroke – visits his friend Malone.
a great story ! & a great ending
xraylitmag.com/beckettian-b...
in the story Murphy – a professional in the city whose life makes him feel so confused that at times he wonders if he’s had a stroke – visits his friend Malone.
a great story ! & a great ending
xraylitmag.com/beckettian-b...
BECKETTIAN by Shane Kowalski
Murphy was visiting Malone. It had been a while since they had seen each other. Murphy being busy in the city, while Malone had lingered in the countryside. Murphy remembered those dark country roads,...
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November 10, 2025 at 12:15 PM
we have a story by Shane Kowalski @dieddisappointed.bsky.social !
in the story Murphy – a professional in the city whose life makes him feel so confused that at times he wonders if he’s had a stroke – visits his friend Malone.
a great story ! & a great ending
xraylitmag.com/beckettian-b...
in the story Murphy – a professional in the city whose life makes him feel so confused that at times he wonders if he’s had a stroke – visits his friend Malone.
a great story ! & a great ending
xraylitmag.com/beckettian-b...
new xmas story from the new collection:
My favorite story firm @dieddisappointed.bsky.social's new collection.
November 10, 2025 at 2:14 PM
new xmas story from the new collection:
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November 9, 2025 at 2:32 PM
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This new @dieddisappointed.bsky.social book is astounding. Sorry it’s greasy, blame the snyders pretzel company
November 5, 2025 at 1:47 AM
This new @dieddisappointed.bsky.social book is astounding. Sorry it’s greasy, blame the snyders pretzel company
my book Are People Out There is officially out today. get it where books are sold, but especially at Future Tense Books: futuretensebooks.com/product/peop...
October 31, 2025 at 1:28 PM
my book Are People Out There is officially out today. get it where books are sold, but especially at Future Tense Books: futuretensebooks.com/product/peop...
my book Are People Out There is out in two weeks. here are some blurbs by Ling Ma and Sebastian Castillo. you can still pre-order the book at Future Tense Books: futuretensebooks.com/product/peop...
October 17, 2025 at 2:30 PM
my book Are People Out There is out in two weeks. here are some blurbs by Ling Ma and Sebastian Castillo. you can still pre-order the book at Future Tense Books: futuretensebooks.com/product/peop...
the nyt obituary for charles webb, the author of the graduate, from 2020: archive.ph/RtA8Z
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September 22, 2025 at 10:14 PM
the nyt obituary for charles webb, the author of the graduate, from 2020: archive.ph/RtA8Z
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We can't wait to publish the new Shane Kowalski {@dieddisappointed.bsky.social} collection, Are People Out There. You can claim your October copy now!
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futuretensebooks.com/product/peop...
September 6, 2025 at 8:08 PM
We can't wait to publish the new Shane Kowalski {@dieddisappointed.bsky.social} collection, Are People Out There. You can claim your October copy now!
futuretensebooks.com/product/peop...
futuretensebooks.com/product/peop...
You can now pre-order my new collection of stories, Are People Out There. It drops 10.31.25 via @futuretensebooks.bsky.social: futuretensebooks.com/product/peop...
PRE-ORDER: Are People Out There by Shane Kowalski | Future Tense Books
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September 3, 2025 at 7:53 PM
You can now pre-order my new collection of stories, Are People Out There. It drops 10.31.25 via @futuretensebooks.bsky.social: futuretensebooks.com/product/peop...
Are People Out There.
Forthcoming October 31, 2025.
Future Tense Books.
Pre-orders start next week.
But here is a cover reveal 👀
Forthcoming October 31, 2025.
Future Tense Books.
Pre-orders start next week.
But here is a cover reveal 👀
August 29, 2025 at 7:28 PM
Are People Out There.
Forthcoming October 31, 2025.
Future Tense Books.
Pre-orders start next week.
But here is a cover reveal 👀
Forthcoming October 31, 2025.
Future Tense Books.
Pre-orders start next week.
But here is a cover reveal 👀
i have a story up at Cleveland Review of Books. it's the title story of my forthcoming collection with @futuretensebooks.bsky.social. the story is about a baby.
Are People Out There - Cleveland Review of Books
I decided to become my friend’s baby. My friend is someone I know from high school. We’ve been friends for years. Now she is married to a man, a CPA or MBA or CEO, and they have a baby.
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August 20, 2025 at 10:32 PM
i have a story up at Cleveland Review of Books. it's the title story of my forthcoming collection with @futuretensebooks.bsky.social. the story is about a baby.
new piece about a typical book review up at HAD today
a wonderful, wonderfully odd, and kinda perfectly "Kowalski-y" story today from Shane Kowalski!
"I read a book review that ended with the reviewer explaining how he was going to kill himself when this review was published. It certainly was a shock!"
https://www.havehashad.com/tiaoz
"I read a book review that ended with the reviewer explaining how he was going to kill himself when this review was published. It certainly was a shock!"
https://www.havehashad.com/tiaoz
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I read a book review that ended with the reviewer explaining how he was going to kill himself when this review was published. It certainly was a shock! For most of the previous 1,500 words, the…
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July 21, 2025 at 8:18 PM
new piece about a typical book review up at HAD today
lambchop kind of evening: www.youtube.com/watch?v=ghdi...
The Man Who Loved Beer
YouTube video by Lambchop - Topic
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July 4, 2025 at 11:44 PM
lambchop kind of evening: www.youtube.com/watch?v=ghdi...
the high-concept transgression of JG Ballard's Crash mixed with the dulcet tones of the gentlest George Saunders story
July 1, 2025 at 5:55 PM
the high-concept transgression of JG Ballard's Crash mixed with the dulcet tones of the gentlest George Saunders story
a little bernhard, a little aira. deeply smart and splenetic and silly. makes you want to read or write more.
June 29, 2025 at 7:28 PM
a little bernhard, a little aira. deeply smart and splenetic and silly. makes you want to read or write more.
excellent book. autumnally crisp prose. really evokes the eerie beauty of rural ny.
June 22, 2025 at 12:35 AM
excellent book. autumnally crisp prose. really evokes the eerie beauty of rural ny.
a book about god being so lonely he invents the world but can't help it. highly recommend for the carpenteresque prose, the weirdness, as well as the tenderness.
June 19, 2025 at 8:57 PM
a book about god being so lonely he invents the world but can't help it. highly recommend for the carpenteresque prose, the weirdness, as well as the tenderness.
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Pssst. If you type the word Warehouse in the discount code, you'll get 35% off of everything (until the end of June). Including the newest by Evan Nicholls. And other classics from @parkeryoung.bsky.social @dieddisappointed.bsky.social @gkhudson.bsky.social @tatianaryckman.bsky.social & more. 🔥
June 17, 2025 at 6:52 PM
Pssst. If you type the word Warehouse in the discount code, you'll get 35% off of everything (until the end of June). Including the newest by Evan Nicholls. And other classics from @parkeryoung.bsky.social @dieddisappointed.bsky.social @gkhudson.bsky.social @tatianaryckman.bsky.social & more. 🔥
i have a story called "spanked before elvis" in the new Fence. it's about elvis, spanking, stamps, ritual, and fandom.
June 12, 2025 at 9:09 PM
i have a story called "spanked before elvis" in the new Fence. it's about elvis, spanking, stamps, ritual, and fandom.
new book incoming. stories in an almost but not really at all classical mode.
That feeling when you have another @dieddisappointed.bsky.social book coming out later this year.
June 3, 2025 at 5:23 PM
new book incoming. stories in an almost but not really at all classical mode.
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The trailer for my new novel, “God Woke Up Lonely”
May 29, 2025 at 2:35 PM
The trailer for my new novel, “God Woke Up Lonely”
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my guyyyyyy
Brian Eno calls on Microsoft to cease its partnership with Israel and pledges to donate the original fee for his Windows '95 chime to victims of Israel's genocide in Gaza
Brian Eno Calls On Microsoft To Cease Partnership With Israel, Will Donate Windows ‘95 Chime Fee To Victims In Gaza
Art-music master Brian Eno is the composer of what might be one of the most-heard pieces of music in history, even if much of the world doesn’t necessarily process it as a piece of music. Eno made the...
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May 22, 2025 at 1:07 AM
my guyyyyyy
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Evan Nicholls' magical, stupendous book of lil' poems and goofball collages, Easy Tiger, is coming out on June 6th, but if you pre-order the book, you'll get it much sooner. We're sending pre-orders out today and tomorrow.
Let's go---->
futuretensebooks.com/product/easy...
Let's go---->
futuretensebooks.com/product/easy...
May 14, 2025 at 5:43 PM
Evan Nicholls' magical, stupendous book of lil' poems and goofball collages, Easy Tiger, is coming out on June 6th, but if you pre-order the book, you'll get it much sooner. We're sending pre-orders out today and tomorrow.
Let's go---->
futuretensebooks.com/product/easy...
Let's go---->
futuretensebooks.com/product/easy...
i have three pieces in the new issue of blush, but this probably the best one, idk: www.blush-lit.com/journal#/sha...
May 15, 2025 at 4:57 PM
i have three pieces in the new issue of blush, but this probably the best one, idk: www.blush-lit.com/journal#/sha...